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% r VOL. LXV. [NEW SERIES.] SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1865. [PRICE 5 CENTS.] NO- 194 TEE REPUBLICAN j ji, HAYES,Kditob and Proprietor advertising. _ r smare of TEN lines Nonpariel type or space oc- , s by the same number of lines, $2 first insertion S'e.rricli continuation. S'jtiare—$1 for first insertion; 50 cents for each relit insertion. , w £!j!qs-$3 50 per hundred; subscription (by mail ' " jeri $10 per annum; single copies, 5 cents, ill advertisements must be paid for at the Counting DiJiffl revions to insertion, and if handed in by S p. S 'dll appear in the morning edition. j o0> - c. Schreiner & Son, 199 Broad street,"Augusta, Ga., are our authorized Vents, and will receive advertisements ml subscriptions for the Republican. The ll',ubli<’an of the latest dates can always b ''found for sale at their counters. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. S VTl KDAV MORNING, ACC’T 19. heading matter on every page. How Oapt. Henry Wertz Murdered our Prisoners. PICTURE OF THE GREAT TORTURE PEN. 1 he Black Hole ot Cal cutta Outdone. Gen. Winder and His Son Rotting Yankees. on TKSriMOSY OF A LOYiL GEORGIA 1 PLANTER. Nsw York, August 3. y. the Editors of the Evening I’ast: There appears to be a disposition on the part oi some of the public press to mitigate the offen ses and crimes of Major Henry Wertz, late the responsible keeper of the stookade, at Anderson- r;ile, (fa., and to throw upon ethers the responsi bilities that justlj attach to those alone who were in immediate command of that prison. Being personally acquainted with most of the officers who were stationed at Andersonville, and know ing much of the treatment of those who were so unfortunate as to have been confined in that pen of horror, I have thought that a condensed state ment of how things were managed, and prisoners of war treated there, might not be entirely unac ceptable to your readers. [ wish to be understood as not desirous te fore- -aii tie a olio a or opinion of the cjrfiali-rnra which is about to investigate this matter, or to aid anything to the feeling entertained toward Major Wertz. It is enough for him to rest, now and forever, under an obloquy that no time and i.o repentance can obliterate: to feel within bim- ;c;i the unenviable pangs which the recollection |: his powerless murdered victims wiil ever arouse, and to know that whatever may be the award of :: Jinan tribunal, his punishment is already de cree 1. The prison of Andersonville is a stockade about ",gotten feet high, the posts eomprising it being stink in the ground five feet; it originally eompris- "t an area ol eighteen acres; but was subsequent ly enlarged to twenty seven acres. The inclosure if upon tba aide of a hill, looking toward the south, J' tot foot of which is a small brook about five wide and as many inches deep, which fur- nshed the water for the use of the prisoners.— " tain this inclosure were turned the prisoners as tb.v arrived, and lett to provide for themselves, :; -vre being no shelters, or arbors, or any kind of re tention afi'oided by trees or otherwise against horning rays of the Southern sun, the furious slums or the freezing winters. Ttte position was selected by Capt. Winder, a b si of (len. John II. Winder, who was sent from iimtimrad for that purpose in the latter part of i'ii. Wnen it was suggested to him by a disin terested but humane spectator of his operations, tua: it would perhaps be better to leave the trees standing within the proposed stookade, as they * aid afford shade to the prisoners, he replied :— “That was just what he wasnotgoing to do; he wa ’ going to make a pen for the ——•» Yankees, *aere they eould rot faster than they could be sent there.” oad admirably did he accomplish his mission, toe first commandant of the post was Col. Per* •'"hi. who was soon succeeded by John H. Winder, _ ! °u us Adjutant, his nephew as Commis- tat; and Sutler, and Henry Wertz in immediate viamaoj ’^c prisoners. There were generally • W Bed there, for guard duty, from three to six proems ol infantry, with one company of artil- “ring a battery of six pieces, acoording to * exigencies of the c’-se. the number of prison- 5 then confined, or the fears enter-ained of an erupt to set them at liberty by raiding parties J - ' vned States troops. b hen prisoners were first received it was v»t u ^ject them to a search for money, . osWes > etc o which ostensibly were to be re- red when they were released from captivity, ftn il reality went into the pockets of a’* 10 controlled the prison. Notwith- U d ! 0 ?.alaw of the Confederacy expressly ijt 'biting the dealing in “greenbacks,” yet initiated, a few whose “loyalty’ was nn- con ld always obtain for a eonside- ‘ '^ greenbacks they required. sn;er of this was the foreman of the last j“ r f which was impanneled for Sumner • a 7’ ” a -' and in the performance of his du- “ “ad to investigate a large number of for dealing in the forbidden cur- aen'tn wss brought against poor Union tfeolve i nsta nce. Struck by this fact, he % tod £Xam i Qe ’ M iris position gave him a it-l.-l .ioh) all the circumstances, where finally came from, who did the sell- elicitMu l ^ e whole modus operandi, and »„ n K, • , i® ct above stated, how the money I *'-’t 'hat the Winders and Wertz Sii cg , e Principals, acting through subordi- % ’ j “ Ka'hering bushels of plomB, in the- T-c- Meanwhile the prjspn- stockade was abolished. They drove up to the gates, which were slightly opened, and the scanty food, foul and unhealthy as it was, was thrown inside by the gnard, to be scrambled for by the wretched prisoners, the strongest and those nearest the gate getting the largest share, the weak and sickly getting none. I have mentioned the small brook which runs through the lower part of the stockade, and which supplied the water for drinking and washing. This brook has its rise in a swamp not far from the prison, and at no time, cer tainly not a lengthened period, was the water suitable or healthy; but when the fteces and filth, the drainsge of the whole camp of priso ners, came to be superadded to the natural unfitness of the water for drinking or cleansing purposes, my readers can judge what thirst was assuaged, or fever cooled, or throbbing temples washed, by this floating stream of filth and disease! At any timss-Vt'or tire u,o*i rigid hygienic restrictions, it is difficult to maintain health and cleanliness among a large body of men—what do you think was the condition of 37,000 half naked, half starved men, without any police regulations, under no moral or re straining influences ? If the remnant who were finally allowed to pass out of this military Gol gotha were not wild beasts, unwashed, de formed devils, no thanks are te be given to Henry Wertz for lack of effort to produae such a consummation. When it rained, as it does in that climate al most con'inually during the spring aud fall months, the soil within the inclosure was one mass of loblolly, soft mnd, at least fifteen inches in depth, through which stalked and staggered the gnant, half clad wretches thus confined. The stench from the prison tould be percicved for tied miles, and farmers living in the neighborhood be* gan to fear for the health of theit families. As a consequence of this, the hospitals—face tious was IVertz in his horrible humanity—were crowded to repletion with the emaoiated, starved and diseased men who were trundled into them. The hospitals were constructed of logs, un hewed, the interstices unfilled and open, admit, ting the rain, without floors, cots, bunks or blan kets, filthy and fetid with the festering, putrid bodies of the sick, the dying and the dead. Words fail, language is impotent to describe one of these dens of disease and death. I ogee mustered the courage, impelled by the earnest entreaties of a Northern friend, to enter one of them, to visit one who was tenderly reared, and walked in the best ranks of Connecticut society. I believed I bad seen before this what I deemed to he human wretchedness in its worst forms. I thought that I could nerve myself to witness mortal agony and wretchedness, and destitution, as I had heard it described, without blanching or trembling. But if the condensed horrors of a hundred “blaok holes” had been brought before my mind to pre pare me for the ordeal, they would have failed to realize the facts as I saw them face to face. I cannot, in a daily paper read by innocence and virtue, detail what met my sight on the occa sion 1 refer to. I will not pollute any page, save the records of the warts that mast My the cul prit for the crime or torture by disease and filth, with the details of that caravansary of horrible,' intentional slaughter. For fear that some may think I hare exaggerated, an episode here will, perhaps, dispel such illusion. Convicted by the horrible fact that was a stench in his nostril*, Gen. Winder, then Commissary General of Pri sons, but haviDg his headquarters at Anderson- ville, was forced by decency; not humanity, for this he himself asserted, to ask the aid of the! Presiding Elder of tha-Mothodiav ‘m-rnh of circuit to adoy* «o™o axoooe tv a» —-- ' eric* «nd soothe the wretchedness of the inmates of that Andersonville hospital. This gentleman invoked the oo-operation of the women of Sumter county, who responded with clothing and neces- saries only, for these alone were allowed, to the amount of four wagon loads. Upon the day ap pointed, four ladies, accompanied by their hus bands, went to the prison and sought from the Provost Marshal a pass, to take their benefactions to the sick prisoners. It was refused with a curse! The party proceeded to Winder’s headquarters, where Henry Werts was in company with the General. The demand for a pass was repeated. Understand, the ladies were present, and the rea sons given why the party were there, in accord ance with Winder’s special request. To their as tonishment they were met with this reply : “G--d d n you, have yon all turned Yankees here?” “No, General,” responded the spokesman of the party, “I am not, as you know, nor are any here present; we-hare oome, as you requested us, through Kev. Mr. D.. to bring necessary articles for the Federal hospital, and ask a pass for the purpose of delivering them. “It’s a d—d lie! I never gave permission for anything of the kind! Be off with you, all of you !” . , . As if this fearless diaplaay of martial valor and gentlemanly bearing was not sufficient, Hen-y Wertz essayed to and did eclipse bis General in profanity and indecency—and I here assert that if the lowest sinks of the most abandoned part* of yonr city were gleaned, they could not su pass the ribald vulgarity and finished profanity of this jailor, exhibited in the presence of refined and “loyal” ladies. . . .... Shocked, terrified, beaten to the very dust with mortification, the party retired, and foiled m their efforts to Buccor the sick or alleviate the tortures of the dying Union soldier*, lhey gave their loads of clothing and food to a passing column of Federal prisoners on their way to another place—Mill en. They at least had the satisfaction of knowing that some were benefited, even if they had failed in their efforts lor those who most needed their assistance. During the last winter—which was unusually cold for Georgia, when the ice made an inch thick—no shelter, no blankets or clothes, no wood was provided lor the wretched inmates of that prison. Squads w.re permitted, to the number of thirty, to go out under guard dailv for one hour, without axes or any cutting tool, to gather the refuse and rotten wood in the foteats, and if they outstaid their time they were tried by drumhead court martial, charged with violating their parole, and if found guilty were hung I I myself saw three bodies hangmg who were thus executed. Poor fellows, I thought, God has taken pity upon you and given you de liverance from your cruel jailor. When you and I meet, at anothet judgment seat, woe to him it his authority be found insufficient fqr the taking of vour lives, wretched though they be. My house was the resort—or I should say re- fa ge __of most of jbapjrisonera who made their esoape uom the stockade, aud the tale* of star vation and distress which.they told would have melted an iron heart. 1 muat close my hurried account of what 1 had seen. It l* far from full; not one-half has been toldj, by far the most ha* been kept back from very shame, and in respect to your readers I have not embellished. The pictures were too rough, the characters too for lorn for the flowers of rhetoric to bloom in their presence. Broken hearts, crushed spirit* ana manhood trampled on, may answer as fitting sub jects for the romancer’s pen, bnt the horrible reality, so seldom seen, burns its images upon the beholder’s soul, that no other impressuros can efface, aqd they remain life-pictures indeed. Eel ter from the Counsel of Oapt. Wertz. Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 8- public judgment nntil the proper evidence upon which to form it is furnished in a reliable shape. Respectfully yonr obedient servants, Janes R corns, J. W. Denver, Chas. F. Pxcg, Conasel for H. Wertz. GEOHGIA. OFFICIAL. A PROCLAMATION By Ja*. Johnson, Provisional Governor. To the People of Georgia.: ■For the purpose of enabling the people of Georgia the more easily to prepare themselves ffir the exercise of the rights of citizens, I hereby proclaim and directytbat the Ordinaries in the ■several counties of the State, be and are hereby authorized to administer the oath of Amnesty set out in the President’s Proclamation of the 29th of May, 1865, to such persons as shall be en titled to take and receive the same; and in case of a vacancy in the office of Ordinary in any county or counties of this State, then and in that case, the Clerk of the Superior Court of such county shall administer said oath; provided, said officers themselves shall have previously token said oath. It is further declared and directed, that when the oath is administered as aforesaid to any per son within any of the exceptions specified in said proclamation, it shall be appended to the peti tion of the applicant—which petition shall also be verified before such Ordinary or Clerk, by the oath of the party; and when administered to any person not embraced within any of the excep tions specified, the original oath taken and sub scribed, shall be sent by the officer administering the same to the Secretary of State of the United States, and a certified copy shall be given to the applicant. And it is further proclaimed and declared, that all the civil officers of this State who have taken and subscribed the oath prescribed in the pro clamation aforesaid, if not embraced within any of the exceptions; or who may have received special Amnesty if embraced; shall proceed thereafter in the discharge of the duties of their several offices according to the laws in existence prior to the.lst of January, 1881, *o far as the same are not inconsistent with our present con dition.* To facilitate the people in obtaining the Am nesty proffered, the Ordinaries or Clerks, (as the esse may be,) are authorized to procure printed blanks from either one of the following presses most convenient, as the same may be needed, for which payment will be provided on bills pre sented at this Office, viz: Savannah Republican, Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, Southern Watch man, Atlanta Intelligencer, Rome Courier, Macon Telegraph, Southern Recorder and Col umbus Enquirer. Done at Milledgeville, the Capital of the State, on this the 7ih day of August, iu the year of our Lord, 1865, and the eighty-ninth year of American independence. Jas. Johnson, Provisional Governor of Georgia. By the Governor .- L. H. BriscoK, Secretary. STONEWALL JACKSON. His Success as a Leader. How He Looked in Battle. L* i( rprp i ■T'-" *“>0 pvm" si fm, • t0 l ^ e fender mercies of their jailor iirf j® m ‘s6ary for their food, which might IVe™** at leMt > * To the Editors of tfo EroiiiHj/ JPOst; y 16d been left m tbeir own P° s8es - We have seen in your paper <n article in rela- At first it n.o ■ , , , tipntp the approaching trial of Capt. Wertx, the stor-t- a* CU8t S“»»ry to send a wagon which we think, in connection with others of a “re every morning at 10 o clock, like nature, requires notioe at our bands. Your | comb tbe rataon ® for the morning—bacon ; article professes to be based upon some new*- bread, nothing else; but Mtiwnum- ' pager k-sa"^!: * assTtwass, Uiion fk auu tuw gt w* w» : ta! *« redufM? nen 1 t “™«2* • dW public mind against Capt. Wertz: WstoteS ' !,a f»cture(] ln h* quality, being to the public on bis behalf has had either hi* ■ Pets '€fiual proportions of ground ^ gaoction or that of Lis counsel, except this, and • j , corn > unbolted, unsifted, un- this is intended simply to deprecate all attempt*'kao ; — . Lii ’ lnt,ee< i, from the trash which natn- to mold public opinion in advance of the proofe like to offer a word of advu» to our young men tof„ Umulate ! al 'd at last, when the num- which the trial will develop. There is no doubt that Brazil is a good countryi. ^ Ptisoners increased to over 37 000 the We confiaentlv^assert that those proofs,will but Virginia is mACON ITEMS. Easiness Has Improved Wonderfully in the last week or two in almost every branch. Large stocks of goods continue to arrive, and every one i« trying, not to see who can sell the cheapest, hat the highest. Going Home. nJJN^A^rfefr’ftifiefif’Wilson occupied” the city, was mustered out of service on yesterday, will leave for home immediately. New Change Bills. The new change bills of the City Council of the denomination of 50 and 25 cents are now ready for circulation. They are neatly executed and printed on excellent paper. They will be eagerly sought after, for it is almost impossible to obtain change now. As an Emphyee in our office was passing round the corner of Third and Cherry streets, on Tuesday eight, he was at tacked by three soldiers, one striking him with a heavy stick on the head, bringing him to the ground, the others immediately commenced ri fling his pockets. Their booty was not large.— Printeft never have much. Shooting. Quite a row occurred on Cotton Avenue, night before last, in which several-persons wcreiojnred. One soldier was shot throagh the thigh, and it is reported that a negro was knocked down, the stroke fracturing his skull. Whisky was the in stigator. We learn that a wagon train laden with groce ries and provisions, the property of Mr. W. B. Phillips, arrived in this city on Sunday from Sa vannah. Owing to the high price ol freight and the difficulty of procuring transportation, we learn that several of our merchants oontemplate start ing enterprises of this kind in a short time. Macon Gazette, lOi/i. Flint Judicial District. It will be seen horn a notioe in this paper that Judge Speer, the presiding Judge of the Flint Judicial District, in conformity with the recent proclamation of the Governor, has notified all parser interested that the fall terms of the courts of this district will be held at the regular times appointed by law. We are glad to see that the oiril officers of the State are again resumiog their offices, and entering upon the discharge of their duties. We hope that this practice will be uni versal amongst all the civil officers of the State, Telegraph. Postmaster of Atlanta.—We learn from the Intelligencer of the 11th, that Thomas G. Simms, a citizen of Atlanta, has received the appointment of postmaster of that city. The same paper adds that the well known business qualifications of Mr. Simms is guarantee suffi cient that the postal difficulties under which the citizens of Atlanta have long labored, are soon to be among the things that were. We see from the Intelligencer that the me cbanics of Atlanta OR the 9th inst., organized thentselvee into aa association styled the At- {atpa Trades Union. Officers were elected and a committee of ten appointed to propose a con stitution, by-laws, 4c., for the government of (he association, Wilkes Gaunt? Moving. ' i. Washington, Ga., Aug 1, 1865. The voters of Wilkes county are beginning to look about them for suitable candidates to represent them in the approaching Stats con vention. The names of Judge Garnett An drews. Judge W. M. Reese, Samuel Barnett, Esq., and G. G. Norman, the popular and ef ficient connty clerk, have been favorably men tioned in this connection; all gentlemen of enlarged news, and having the good of the eonntoy at heart. This connty is entitled to two Delegates in the Convention ( and it is (o be hoped that that number of the above named gentlemen will consent to allow their names to go before the people. I am inclined to the be-' lief, that if nominated by a county meeting, there will be no opposition. If any thing “turns up” you shall he" from me again.— Oar. 4 U ?- Trays. Emigration.—'The emigration fever among the men of the Sooth is unabated. Wehear cf parties being made up by thoer i with the present condition of affairs template seeking their fortunes in other — • - 1 * *eem] to be the central point of Wade Hampton the Bacon of our Argonauts. Upon this point we would From the correspondence of the New York World we extract the following relative to tha great Rebel leader, Stonawall Jackson. Wo think it will be read with interest: His Close Calculation Jackson’s military movements were always based upon close ealcjRl»ti'>o5* -jad he was certainly not wantinitin forotijg&t and caution. He seems to have known perfectly well what it was in his power to achieve, and as thoroughly what was beyondii strength. He risked much, upon many occasions, but appears to have been justi fied in his calculations of the ultimate result. It will be objected to him by military men, that he hazarded too much, at times, and was only ex tricated by good fortune. There appears to be some justice in this; but the resources of his genius were enormous, and seem absurd when coolly looked at. When asked what he would have done, if, after the battle of Winchester, the com verging columns of the eDerny had out him off at Strashurg, he replied: “I would have fallen back upon Maryland for reinforcements.” Such a movement must, it would appear, have terminated in his destruction; bnt it would he difficult to find a man in his old command who would have doubt ed his ultimate triumph even then. His genius was for great movements and deci sive blows; and thns his services became more and more valuable, as his rank increased. He was better as Brigadier than as Colonel; better still as Major General; and as Lieutenant General was best of alL It is useless to ask what he would have been as Commandor-in-Chief without a superior at Richmond. Bat the brain which conceived and executed the campaign of the Val ley must have been equal to any position. His Line Always Open to Retreat. He kept open, generally, his line of retreat, and provided for deserters—though it was hard to realize that failure ever entered into his cal culations. He had the soldiers eye for posi tion, and chose his gronnd both for infantry and artillery with the exactness of genius; but if all his arrangements were made, and his plans required battle, would fight on any ground. He depended most upon his infantry, but loved artillery from his early association with that branch of the service, never appear ing so well pleased as when directing in person the fire of his cannon, amid a shower of shot and shell. When once engaged, he seemed to discard all idea of defeat, and to regard the issue as assured. And, what was more impor tant, bis men seemed to share his conviction. Even at Keiostown he believed the Federal forces would have retired in ten minutes if one of his own brigades had not been ordered to fall hack. A man loss open to the conviction that he was whipped, conld not be imagined, His indomitable combatitiveness, it might have been said, made him set his teeth against Fate, and endeavor to place his heel npon Destiny itself. He Never Trusted to Tjuck. It may ba said of him with truth, that he de served victoqr- No nun was more carefuljjl piercing eyes of their chief The result was a new assault, and one of the most important of Jackson's victories. His tenacity and strength of will seemed to have no limit. Nothing appeared to affeot that supreme resolution. Such a man is the master of fate, and, with his iron hand, directs events. Na poleon trusted to his star, and Jackson, it was said, believed in “his destiny”—a word which he construed, apparently, to mean success against his enemies, wherever he encountered them. Ills Habits in Camp and Personal Appearance. He was a man of great kindness, of an extra ordinary swoetuess of temper, tender hearted, easily moved to pity, and all pure emotions. He was simple and unostentatious in his manners and habits. He cared not what he ate, and would ~ sleen in a fence corner aa willing,. , c ’fn . are expected to arrive sleep in a fence corner aa willingly as in a bed H« z-W coat was covered with dust collected from the battle fields of many regions, as he slept upon the earth, in rude bivouac, alter thn hard fought day. AH this endeared him to his soldiers, at whose camp fives he would stop to talk in the friendly fashion of the officers of Napoleon, and vIlAflA MfiAttn La ■ — — i— t J A* A1— ^ ’ — - Macon markets. Macon, Aug. 10. The business of tba city for the past week ex- hibited a marked improvement. Gentlemen sod-- tinue to arrlva in the city to bay cotton, and large quantities of goods of all descriptions arrive from the North and West daily. The stook of dit7 goods now hi the eity is ample, and large quantities are expected to arrive the ensa- ing week, causing a slight decline in the dry goods market. The high price of transportation between this place ana the North will keep the price of goods at a high figure for some time. We are informed that the cost of transporting a barret of Sour from Nashville to thjl ptare is <9. W* learn, however. ,1 I . '“‘ions per week „ ' exonerate Capt. Wertz from all responsibility for ‘"‘ton, for P t atrocities that may have been perpetrated upon Ij'Stod tan w ;a„ ^out three inches jjnion prisoners—atrocities which we neither ez- descrih,..! 46 ’ one P 0116 til# pact to extenuate or justify, yft protest against I ^ Of Then > nfro. the cos- Irving the Sonthern’Copfeder*cy in the perton of tnr nwisniiar-l TaaJ I.Aa aL. n“_i°nr„^. *>.<) earn oat for him a iinnsmaSAK nt a better; and besides Virginia needs their servioes, and Brasil doe* not. The moral of all this, which wc submit to oar young men, is (imply this: to control their feelings; to follow General Lee’s advice, and abide the for- carwtA * v —*-1—. iryiug.oa „ .... take* of their State and eeotion.—J^oftwpi JM 1 the pnaoners’ food Into tin €*pt, werts, and we osk for him a suspension oi 14m, or system, and achieved his sncceas only by soma mysterious good ’fortune, is a mere fancy. No soldier was ever less indebted to “luck ;” no one ever proceeded in military matters upon profouDder logic. He knew his strength and his weakness, but the difference between him and others was this, that he made his estimates more correctly. He did not look to numbers only, but to morale, the situation, the Bpirits of his troops. With the throe hundred of Le onidas he would have attempted great things; with the fifty thousand survivors of Napoleon’s Grand Amiie, crushed in morale by Waterloo, he would have attempted nothing. If his men were on fire with ardor, and the enemy, though treble their number, were disorganized by sur prise, or for other reasons, he would advance to the assaulffwithout fear of defeat. How He Conducted a March. In every point of view, a* we have said, he de served success. No General ever made a greater use of mystery. He saw from the first that he commanded men of education, thought, specula tion—the most inquisitive of private soldiers.— Without due precaution taken they were certain to know wbat it was inexpedient for the private soldier to know ; his designs would be penetra ted ; and be noised abroad. Hence his inscruta ble mystery. He would not permit his men to inquire the names of the towns throagh which they passed, and on the march against General McClellan at Richmond issued a general order directing the troops to reply “I don’t know” to every question. Meeting a man straggling toward a cherry tree be said, "where are you goipgf” I don’t know,” was the reply. “To wbn regiment do yon be long I” “I don’t know.” "What do yon mean ?” “I don’t know,” Jackson laughed quietly and passed op. He said that if bis coat koew what he designed be would take it off aqd burn it. He would encamp for the night at cross roada, and the quidnuncs were in dispair at their inability to determine toward what point of the compass he would march on the morrow. About to aban don tha valley, he publicly direoted careful maps to be made ol the region, aa though intending a campaign therein. When ooeofhit staff engag ed dinner a few miles ahead of hi* advance column, he admonished him of error. How dii he know that the column would pass that point ? lie Chose HU Own Time for Action. He had the faculty of waiting for his adver sary. No man was ever mqre determined not to be forced to fight befosa fee was ready. His retreats appeared panic-stricken, bnt were in reality the deliberate lcjvements of a master of the art of war. Itv ’was never more dan- thsut when From dreams of success, and visions Fvfemplete victory, hja opponent wa* apt to bo rqdelv awakened. Ju May, 18fi2, Gen. Ranks, then at Harrisonburg, telegraphed that the Rebel Jackson had been driven from the valley, and was in rapid re treat on Richmond. The commentary era* Jackson’s swift and unexpected march upon Milroy at McDowell; his complete defeat of that officer, and his equally rapid advance upon Gen. Banks at Harrisonbnrg—before which the Federal commander was forced in torn to retreat in confusion. Until all his arrangements were made no adversary could draw him into action. When the moment came, he sayeg $ha officer opposed to him all trouble on (flak score. He initiated the matter hy attacking with Ml his strength. If one assault failed, he made a second. If his first line gave way be brought np his sec ond. If the second had bad fortune, his re serve was led into action~*nd if these did not at once retrieve the fortnner of the day, h® placed hjmself in front of them and led them iu person, fully determined to conquer or die. <‘QldStonewall* fe the Field. There were few who failed him at inch mo ments. The sight of Jackie* on them occasions teemed to turn the heads of the troops. They forgot all else end grew reckless; and when men beoraie reckless they go ferJjUfedar Ron fur nished an instanoe of this. The left wing formed of Jaohson’a veterans, was bioken; and in a min- ute fbefeattle would have fees lost. There were no reserves to put ia. andSJaokson rallied the troops in person. The retdt was suoh ms we hare described. A single ahouUt “Stonewall Jack- sen ! Stonewall Jaokson If£tau along the line, aud it w*a reformed fe VltiljtoW Xt front of them they saw a sword lISKfttrough the amok* tf actioa, and megnipeHteeM faded sap,ou4 whose rations he would frequently share. "The sight of his faded coat and cadet cap was the sign to cheer, and “Old Jack” was personally adored, as in hig military capacity he was regarded bv his men as the greateat of leaders. His manner was stiff and his voice cart, but his smile was one of extraordinary sweetness. A lady declared it “angelic.’’ It was certainly the most friendly imaginable, and charmed all who conversed with him. Even his peculiari ties became sources of popularity, aad endear ed him to his troops. It was said of Snwar- row that his men mimiced him, gave him nick names, and adored him. It was the same with Jackson. His men laughed at his dingy old uniform, his cap tilting forward on his nose, his awkward strides, his abstracted air, and christening him “Old Jack,” made him their first and greatest of favorites. There was one peculiarity of the individual, however, which they regarded with something like supersti tion. We refer to the singular position he of raising his hand aloft, and then suddenly let ting the arm fall at his side. On many occa sions he made this strange gesture as his vet erans moved slowly before him, advancing to the charge. At such moments his face would be raised to heaven, his eyes closed, and his lips would move evidently in prayer. The same gesture was observed in him at Chancel- lorsville while gazing at the body of one of his old command. He was plainly praying, with his hand op-lifted, for the welfare of the dead man’s soul. Delegates to Confer with Indian . • Trihe*. The commission to the delegation appointed to visit and confer with the Indians at Fort Gibson has been signed and issued by the President, un der date of July 31, and authorizes the Hon. Den nis M Cooley, Commissioner of the Indian Bureau; Judge James Vi. Edmonds, Commis sioner of the General Land Office; Elijah Sells, of the Southern Indian Superintendent; Francis l. HerroD, Brigadier General ffm. S. Harney United States An*y, and Colonel Elv 8. Parker United States Army, to meet all nations tribes and bands of Indians now located in the Indian Territory, or Kansas and the plains west of that Slate and Territory. The delegation atari unoa its mission on the 17th inst, the time for denar, tare haviog been delayed roe r,nm- delegates to meet the Congressional Indiani W miner, wuting ol Senators DoohtWe. roaw and Ross, who hive unJuVaVlSY 1 , and cooler with the above delegation on the 15th lOBt. It is probable that the Society of Friends ir ; ll be represented in the commission appointed to meet the Cherokees, Cickaeaws and many other Indian tribes in grand council on the l»t of Sep tember. The object of the government is to se cure peace among them by improving their so cial condition, and bv removing as far as possible some of the causes which have heretofore pre- voked them to hostility. Disorder in Mississippi. ROBBERIES AND qiRDEB. The Nashville Press has the foliating : “A gentleman who has just returned from Holmes county, Mississippi, gives a dark picture of the condition of affairs there. A former citi zen of the county returned there to get a large quantity of cotton which he had stored away.— He lqund, on inquiry, that one of the most re spectable physicians and planters in the neigh borhood bad confiscated the most part of it—be cause it was owned by a Yankee, i. e. a Union man. An arrest and confinement in prison by the military authority soon made the thief dis gorge part of his stolen property. He still lies in jail. The rest of the cotton, some sixty thousand bales, was burned by the citizens as soon as they learned that the owner had come tor it. The peo ple there are more violently rebellious than ever. They take the amnesty oath and then curse the Unionists and the government more furiously than ever. It is a common thing to. bear them remark, “Well, have you token the oath P— “Yes, and I am a bigger rebel by a long ways than I ever was.” “A merchant recently took out over $10,000 worth ot goods to one of the adjoining counties He had hardly opened his goods when he was visited by a small party of citizens disguised, some of whom he recognized as his neighbors, who robbed him of every dollara's worth of goods. The poor merchant went to the nearest post and procured a guard of forty soldiers, to arrest lie guerrillas. The rebel citizens rallied to the num ber of over one hundred, bushwacked our sol diers and forced them to retreat. The bush whackers then arrested the merchant, stripped him of his boots and bat, watch and fifteen hun dred dollars in money, and then fired fifteen bul- a few days, bat owing to high prices of transpor tation, we do not tkink this addition to the stock will effect present prices. Bacon, also, is ad vancing rapidly ja price: and with the exception of corn all descriptions of provision show a slight ad vanoe during the past week. Cotton.—Cotton is in good demand at prices ranging from 30s44o. Holders are not disposed to sell, and the sales the past week were small.— A slight advance is noted. Rooeipto per day will average about 100 bales. Bacon.—Stock light—demand good at an ad vance of about 5o. per pound daring the week.— We quote shoulders and tides at 18*22; hams at 20*25o. Floor.—Stook **> $7 5089 per hop ’ light, at a slight dec! bushel. Tobacco.—Stock light monte wore made the past week, and oWations were Confined to small sales to retailer* and con sumes*. No We quote iog prices. —demand ca$l per sale* for ship- Salt.—Stock light, demand good, at a advance. Lagging and Rope.—Stock heavy—demand geoA. , IFe quote bagging at 45a50e- t and rope at .30*35. Domestic Goods—There is a large stook of sheetings, drillings, domestics and cotton yams in this market, and sates are generally to ship pers. Bat very few sales are made to retail ers and consumers. We quote shirtings, Augus ta mills, 26a28; Macon mills, 28a30c; drillings, 34*25c; domestios, 22a23o; cotton yams, $2 50a 2 75. Coffee.—Stock fair—demand good at a slight decline. We quote 40 to 45e. as the wholesale price. i . Dnr Goons.—Market well supplied—sales heavy, at a decline. We quote caliooes at 40*4ic; •hoes, $2a3 per pair- Drugs and Mbdicwe*.—Stock light—demand good. Prices have a don sward tendency. Hats.—Stock large—demand good. We quote prices from $2 to 7 per hat. Butter is sdliag at 40a50 cents per lh. Chick ens at 30a40 cents a piece. 4 5.J . Gen. Jos. E. Johkstus —The - Petersburg In- tih, of July 29th, gay* i The many friends of this gentleman will be interested to learn that he is at Buffalo Springs, Mecklenburg, recruiting his health after the arduous campaign through which he has - passed. 2SSSS35C53BSSSSS53S3BB9EflBBBr ■SsvSHfisnrua., Aug. &tn, 1866. J GENERAL ORDER, l No. 7. J 1 TRo Ltilowiftg Genenti Oftjhr, Trtim the War Department, is published for the information of this command War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, ■Washington, D. C., July 8th, 1865, GENERAL ORDER, ) No. 132. j I. With the exception hereinafter enumerated, the following is ordered : 1. All Commissioned Officers of Vol unteers, for both white and colored reg iments, or independent companies, now absent on detached service from their commands, and not on duty within their proper armies or departments, will pro ceed, forthwith, to join their respective regiments and companies. 2. Hereafter no Commissioned Regi mental Officers of Volunteers Will be placed on duty, or transferred thereon, out of the army or department in which his regiment may be serving The exceptions authorized under the foregiug are as follows : J. Officers on duty mustering out and discharging the volunteer forces. 2^ AuLas-de-Camp to General Officers 3. (Officers on Court Martial or Mil itary Commissions, and those on duty in the bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, under direct orders from the War Department, Adju tant General’s Office. 2. All enlisted men absent on de tached service from their regiments or companies, and outside the armies or de partments in which the same may be serving, will at once be sent to join their respective commands, unless they are absent therefrom by orders from Head- lets through his body and left him a mangled Iqoartei* oi a Military Division, or rape- corps. We apprehend that something severer J 3. Commanding Generals of Depart ure TICE- Office Provost Marshal, Sub-Districi of Ogeechee, Savannah, August 17th, 1865. On and after this date all Drinking or Billiard Saloons and Grocery Stores, or other places where liquors are sold, will be closed at 10 o’clock P.*M.; on Sunday at all hours. The proprietors will ba held responsible for the fulfilment of this order, any violation of whkfc will be summarily dealt with. By command of Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS. Sam’l Cowdrey, Capt. and Pro. Mar. Sub-District of Ogeechee. Headq'es Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, ) Savannah, Ga., Aug. 16th, 1865. 1 GENERAL ORDER, ) No. 24. f Captain Clark H Remick, 103d TJ. S. C. T., is hereby announced as Acting Assistant Inspector General Sub-Dis* trict of Georgia. He will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By command of Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS. Wm. H. Polk, A. A. A. G. Headq’es Sub-Dist, of Ogeechee, j Might Savannah, Ga., Ang. 13th, 1865. i GENERAL ORDER, ) No. 21. \ Capt. John Mullen, 12th Connecticut Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty as A. A. A. General Sub-District of Ogee chee, as his regiment is to be .mustered out fit the service. 1st Lieut. W. H. Folk, Adj’t 173d N. Y. In fantiy, is hereby announced as A. A. G.of the Sub-District of Ogeechee. He will be obeyed and respected according 1L EDWIN P. DAVIS,* • Brevet Brig. Qen’l Comd’g. Head’qbs Sub. List, of Ogeechee, 1 Savannah, Ga., Aug. 14, 1865. f GENERAL ORDER, 1 No 22. f Surgeon J. K. Bigelow, 8th Indiana Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty as Chief Medical Officer Sub District of Ogeechee, and will report to Command ing Officer of his Regiment for duty. Surgeon N. A. Baldwin, 173d N. Y. Volunteers, is ■ 6tf> Afcaea. By command of . Bvt Brig. Gen. E. P. DA5JB* - "\Ym. H. Folk, A. A. A. G. af than an amnesty oaihor a fran.bise act i* fleeffeff to punish a population so barbaroiis and (utterly disloyal as those Mississippi outlaws. 1 * Ar teHUU Ward’s Account of bis Court- ■hip. “'Twas a carm still night in Joon. All na- tur was husht and nary zeffer disturbed the serene silense. I sot with Betsy Jane on the fense of her father’s pastur. We’d fieeq romp ing through the wqotjs, kaUin’ flowers and drivjn’ the wpodcqck from his Native Lair (so to speak] with long sticks. Wall, we aot thar on the fense, a swinging two and fro, blushin' aa red as the Baldwinsvffie skool house when it was first painted, and lookin’ very simple I make no doobt. My left arm was cckepied in ballansin myself on the fense, while my rite was wounded lovinly round her waste. I cleared my throte and tremblingly aed ‘Betsy yoa’re a gazelle.’ I thought that air was put$y fine. It evidently didn’t fetch her, fig she up and sed, ‘You’re a sheep!’ Ses I, ‘Betsy I think very muckly pf yoq!” ‘J don’t b’leeve a word you s*y, so thar now, cum !’ with which Observation she bitched away from me. ‘I wish there was winders to my Bole,’ said I, ‘*o that you could see some of my feeiina.— There’s fire ennff in here,’ sed I, striking my buzzum with my fist, ‘to bile all the com beef and turnips in toe naberhood.’ She bow ed her head down and commenst chawin the strings of her sun bonnet. 'Ah, could yon know the sleeplis nites I worry threw on your account, how virile* has seized to be attraction to me, and how my limbe has srunk up, yon wouldn’t dowt me. Gaae ou this wastin font and sunken cheeks .’ I should have eontin- nered on in this straae probly for some time, but I unfortunately lost my ballunse and fell over in the pastur ker smash, tearin my close and severely damagin myself ginerally. Betsy Jane sprang to my assistance in double quick time and dragged me 4th. Then draw ing herself up to her full bite, she sed, ‘I won’ ljsten to your noncents no longer. Jes gay rite out what you’re dri vin at. If you mean gettin hitched, I’m in !’ I considered that air enuff for all practical purposes, and proceeded immejitely to the panoal and gpie ithat vary site, 11 merits and armies, are charged with the prompt execution of this order, aud upon its provisions being fully oompUed with, will report the fact to the Adjutsmt Gen eral of the army. 4. No oommusioned officer or enlist ed man, absent in violation of this order, will be paid outside of the army or de partment in which his regiment or com pany may be serving. By order of the Secretary of War. [Signed,1 E. D. TOWNSEND, Assist. Adj’t Gen. 2. Ia addition to the requirements of General Order No. 122, War Department, C- &, it is ordered : That all Commis sioned Officers and enlisted men of this command now absent from their respect ive regiments, companies or detachments, on detaohed service, and not on duty within their proper districts, be at once relieved from suoh duty and ordered to join their proper commands, unless act ing under orders from these Headquar ters or superior authority. Commanding officers will report by fcelegrapbjvhen this order is folly com By command ol , Maj. Gen. STEEDMAN. (Signed) S. B. Moo, A. A. G. Official: Will. \ Coulter, A, A. Gen. 2 -wi i i in y—■—gaae Headqb’s Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, ) Savannah, Ga., Aug. 15th, 1865. J GENERAL ORDER, i No. 23. j Hereafter no carts, wagons or convey ances of any kind will be allowed to as semble in the vicinity of the Public Mar ket, except during market hours. No goods of any kind will be exposed for sale in the vicinity of the Publio Market, except during market hours. All persons found violating this order will be summarily dealt with. The Provost Marshal is charged with the execution of this order. Bv Command of Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS. Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A. G. NOTICE. Office Provost Marshal, Sub-District of OgeLchee, Savannah, Ga., Aug. 11th, 1865. The people of Savannah are hereby notified that an office will be open at the U. S. Custom House on and after the 12th day of August, 1865, where Lieut. W. S. Norton, 153d N. Y. V., Assistant Provost Marshal, will be on duty for the purpose of administering to ladies the Amnesty Oath, as prescribed by Presi dent Johnson’s Proclamation of May 29, 1865. (Signed) SAM’L COWDREY, Capt. and Pro. Mar. 4 Sab-District of Ogeechee. Hxadqdabtsrs Sub District of Ooskchss, 1 Savannah, Ga., July 28,1806. f Circular, 1 Mo. 12. J t! On and after. this date articles in the Public Market of this city will b« sold at the following prices. Pei sons violating ibis order, wiU be re ported to this Office and summarily dealt with. By command of Brv’t. Brig. Gen. DAVIS. Jno. Mcllsn, A. A. A. G. Fresh Beef, 1st cut, per lb Country Dried Beet Country Cored Beef Jerked Beet Veal, per lb.................. Mutton, per lb Inver, per lb............ Fresh Pork, per lb... Boss, per lb Drum,per lb... Fresh Water Trout Salt “ “ Sbeephead .**"** Mullet, large size, per bunch, Brim, per bunch of five Mullet, small size, per bunch of five... Perch, per bunch ol fire Suckers Whiting. Codfish, per lb.. Shrimp, per quart Crabs, each Sturgeon, per lb Sausages, tresh pork Baoon, per lb, from Butter, per lb Clams, per bushel Cabbages, each, from Turnips, per boneh Tomatoes, per quart Okra, per quart................. Sweet Potatoes, per bushel Irish Potatoes, per quart Green Corn, each... Water Melons, from Cantolopes, from Apples, per bushel 20 15 ,15 10 to 15 r 25 15 15 15 15 20 40 40 25 40 40 40 10 15 It 7 40 20 to 26 54 TMSCUITS Awn CHECKERS.—A fresh JLF supply received end fur sale for angia C. L. GILBERT, Peaches per bushel. Figs, per do* Honey, perib. Ducks, per pair Turkeys, each, from. Geese, per pair Fowl*, grown Half Grown Fowls.. ••••ease* Iptoi CMckSJS; UPaSa .V P*** wMfft........ 2 00 15 to 40 10 10 \ 15 • 00 V 10 9 • 15 to 50 10 to 40 2 00 8 00 10 15 ,. *2 00 ,.t2to 2 50 8 00“ .$1 to 1 25 75 50 4 , 40
